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# Existence of solutions of n-point boundary value problems on the half-line in Banach spaces

• ##### Yusen Wu
Henan University of Science and Technology Department of Mathematics and Physics Luoyang 471003 People’s Republic of China
Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Impact Factor: 0.99). 01/2010; 110(2):785-795. DOI: 10.1007/s10440-009-9475-8

ABSTRACT In this paper, the Mönch fixed point theorem is used to investigate the existence of solutions of a n-point boundary value problem on the half-line in a Banach space. As an application, we give an example in an infinite dimensional
space to demonstrate our results.

KeywordsBoundary value problem-Half-line-Banach spaces-Existence of solution

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